Open AccessShort telomeres: cause or consequence of aging?
Author(s) -
Hornsby Peter J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aging cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1474-9726
pISSN - 1474-9718
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00249.x
Subject(s) - biology , telomere , genetics , evolutionary biology , dna
Summary Questions about mechanisms, about the direction of causality, and about cellular heterogeneity complicate interpretation of claims associating short telomeres with adverse health outcomes.